Mr. Pei! Don't force yourself into circles you can't fit into.

As he spoke, he reached out and closed the door behind him, blocking the view of the two people in front of him. His question instantly drove Pei Shuli into a frenzy, and he snapped,

"Wasn't this your order?! What are you pretending for now! You pervert!!"

Pei Lin narrowed his dangerous eyes at Jiang Jin, who was slightly frozen. "I said it?"

Jiang Jin's expression froze for a moment, but he quickly recovered and reported truthfully, "You said to wait at the door and not to let Young Master Pei leave."

Pei Lin paused for a moment, then looked at Jiang Jin with a furious yet mocking laugh, "Is this the entrance?"

"Who the hell waits for someone at the room door? Use your brain! Huh?"

Pei Shuli finally realized how innocent he was. He glared angrily at Jiang Jin. If it weren't for his leg injury, he would have loved to pounce on him and fight him.

At this moment, Pei Lin didn't want to say another word to Jiang Jin.

He raised his hand. "One hundred push-ups as punishment."

He paused, then remembered something and added, "Let's do it somewhere further away. And don't take off your clothes if it gets hot."

Jiang Jin: "...Yes." He left expressionlessly.

When Shen Jicheng came downstairs after resting for a while, Pei Lin was still sitting on the sofa wrapped in a bathrobe, a cigarette between his fingers. He took a drag and slowly exhaled the smoke.

"I heard you were beaten up before you injured your leg?" This was the question Pei Lin wanted to ask, as Zhang Xu had reported it to him that day.

He had heard that Pei Shuli had been beaten, and he had initially assumed it was his darling's doing, so he hadn't pursued the matter. However, in the past few days, he had learned that it wasn't his darling's doing. So he came to find out what was going on.

The Pei family has offended quite a few people over the years. Some people are afraid of the Pei family's power and dare not take any action, while others are coveting the Pei family's wealth. Everyone wants to bring down the Pei family and get a share of the spoils.

Therefore, he had to be on guard.

Pei Shuli's eyes darted around for a moment, then he nodded. "That's right! Second Brother! You have to stand up for me!"

"I was out of money, so I went to eat and dash, but I never expected the owner to catch me and beat me up!"

What a joke! He can't possibly say he got beaten up while stalking Shen Mingxiao, can he? That would be suicide! He definitely can't say that!

Pei Lin clearly didn't believe Pei Shuli's words. His cold gaze fell on him as he flicked away his cigarette ash. "Really? Then tell me, which restaurant did you go to? I'll get an explanation for you."

Pei Shuli pondered for a moment, then spoke, "Full moon!"

Anyway, no one knows who the boss behind it is, so even if his brother wanted to investigate, he might not be able to find anything. Most importantly, he did go to Yuanyue, and there are records of that.

Pei Lin raised an eyebrow, about to ask something, when a soft voice came from behind him.

"Brother Pei Lin~"

Pei Shuli: "..." Here comes another one of those ridiculous things. He turned his head and saw his second brother's lips slightly upturned. He was speechless.

Shen Jicheng came to Pei Lin's side, sat on his lap, and looked at him with a resentful gaze. "I can't find my medicine. Can you help me look for it?"

Pei Lin did not refuse. His hand subtly touched Shen Jicheng's waist, and he whispered in his ear, "..."

"Okay baby."

He then patted Shen Jicheng's ( ) to signal him to get up.

Shen Jicheng's smile froze for a moment, then Pei Lin kissed him on the forehead and said gently,

"Wait for me patiently."

After Pei Lin's figure disappeared into the living room, Shen Jicheng, abandoning his previous coquettish demeanor, hurriedly approached Pei Shuli and whispered,

"Holy crap! You're finally here!!"

"Where's my lucky charm?!"

At this point, Pei Shuli's imposing manner softened, and a gentle smile, usually reserved for public occasions, appeared on his face. "Mr. Shi, how have you been lately?"

Shen Jicheng: "..."

"I have missed you dearly for three days, sir. I have lost my appetite and cannot sleep, longing only to see you again, not for any other reason than to ease the torment in my heart. But alas, I have wronged you, sir. Even if I see you, my heart will not be at peace, and—"

Before he could finish speaking, Shen Jicheng hurriedly stopped him.

"Stop." Shen Jicheng frowned, impatiently raising his hand to stop him. "Speak like a human being."

Pei Shuli paused, poked his fingers together, and said awkwardly, "I lost your amulet... I didn't mean to, please don't be angry?"

Shen Jicheng clenched his fists angrily, "What??? Say that again?!"

Seeing this, Pei Shuli hurriedly tried to salvage the situation, saying, "I didn't mean to, I don't know how it disappeared, I clearly put it safely in my pocket!"

"Don't worry, I'll definitely make it up to you in the future. How about I buy you ten or eight?" He tried to tempt Shen Jicheng.

Shen Jicheng closed his eyes, clenched his fists, and suppressed the urge to beat Pei Shuli to death.

Hold on.

Hold on.

Beating him up won't do any good.

We still need him.

In this way, Shen Jicheng quickly calmed himself down.

"Okay, let's not talk about this." Shen Jicheng sat down on the sofa and began to inquire, "How's it going on your end?"

Mentioning this, Pei Shuli frowned, and without a word, took out his phone. "You know what! We're progressing pretty fast!"

He opened the chat history and said, "Now we've progressed to looking at the waist, and soon we'll be looking at the face."

Shen Jicheng: "?" He took the phone with a suspicious look and started reading from the beginning.

Before he could even scroll down, the other person's words, "I like flirtatious girls," made Shen Jicheng's face freeze.

Seeing that the other party was still on the first page of the chat interface, Pei Shuli kindly explained on behalf of Shen Jicheng, "Uh... this is normal. After all, when you're trying to seduce someone, the chat will be more or less straightforward. It's normal, it's normal."

Little did they know that Shen Jicheng's worldview was collapsing at that moment.

He couldn't believe that his most authoritative elder brother would say such a thing.

"Are you sure you didn't add the wrong person?" Shen Jicheng asked, dumbfounded.

Pei Shuli was stunned for a moment, then shook his head, "How could that be? There can't be any mistake."

"Surprised? That's normal!" Pei Shuli scrolled through the chat history, saying, "You don't know, do you? Many people these days have two sides. They seem more serious than anything on the surface, but who knows, they might be more ruthless than anyone else behind the scenes. It's mainly due to the current environment; the pressure is too great, there's no other way, right?"

Shen Jicheng twitched the corners of his mouth, and then he remembered what Chu Haonan had said: that there are indeed many people under pressure in this era, to the point that there are quite a few people with mental illnesses.

Now that I see it, it's indeed true!

As the president of Tiansheng Group, how many different kinds of people does his older brother have to deal with every day? How could he not feel pressure?

Most importantly, the eldest brother perfectly matches what Chu Haonan said!

A desire for control?

His older brother has it!

He's not allowed to poison fish, he's not allowed to ruin his sister's love life, and he's not allowed to touch other people's abs. This is definitely a sign of mental illness.

No way! I need to find Chu Haonan and get to the bottom of this later!

Let's see how this disease should be treated.